Hong Kong SAR China
Median age in Hong Kong SAR China
Median age in Hong Kong SAR China: 22.8 years in 1950 and 46.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 46.2 years
- Since 1950
- +23.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 9 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 72.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 72.4 years in 2100, between 31.8 years and 52.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 46.2 years in 2023, the lowest 14.3 years in 1963.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 46.2 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 45.6 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 45 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 44.4 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 43.8 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 43.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 42.7 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 42.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 41.7 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 41.4 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 41 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 40.7 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 40.3 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 39.9 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 39.5 | 27 |
| 2008 | 39.1 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 38.7 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 38.3 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 37.7 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 37.2 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 36.6 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 36.1 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 35.6 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 35 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 34.5 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 34 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 33.6 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 33.1 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 32.6 | 24 |
| 1994 | 32 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 31.5 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 31 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 30.5 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 29.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 29.3 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 28.7 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 28.2 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 27.6 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 27 | 22 |
| 1984 | 26.5 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 26 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 25.5 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 25 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 24.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 24 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 23.5 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 23.1 | 21 |
| 1976 | 22.6 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 22.2 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 21.8 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 21.4 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 21 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 20.6 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 19.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.3 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.1 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 20 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 20 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 17 | 21 |
| 1963 | 14.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 17.2 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 21 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 22.2 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 22.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 22.5 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 22.7 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 22.9 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 22.9 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 22.9 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 22.9 | 22 |
| 1952 | 22.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 22.9 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 22.8 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46.845.3–48.7 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 47.443.7–52 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 4843–53.7 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 48.542.5–54.9 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 49.242.2–55.9 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 49.841.8–56.9 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 50.441.5–57.9 | 32 |
| 2031 | 51.141.3–58.8 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 51.741–59.7 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 52.340.8–60.6 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 52.940.9–61.3 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 53.541.1–62.2 | 33 |
| 2036 | 54.241.4–63.1 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 54.841.5–63.9 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 55.441.7–64.8 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 5641.9–65.5 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 56.541.9–66.2 | 34 |
| 2041 | 57.142.1–67 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 57.742.4–67.6 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 58.342.5–68.2 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 58.842.6–68.8 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 59.342.8–69.4 | 35 |
| 2046 | 59.843–70 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 60.443.3–70.6 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 6143.7–71.2 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 61.543.9–71.7 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 6244.2–72.3 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 62.544.5–73 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 6344.8–73.6 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 63.544.9–74.2 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 63.945.2–74.8 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 64.445.5–75.4 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 64.845.7–76 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 65.345.9–76.6 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 65.846.3–77.4 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 66.246.6–78.1 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 66.746.9–78.7 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 67.147.2–79.3 | 38 |
| 2062 | 67.547.3–79.9 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 67.947.5–80.7 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 68.347.8–81.3 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 68.748–82 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 69.148.1–82.7 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 69.448.2–83.4 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 69.848.4–84.1 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 7048.5–84.8 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 70.248.7–85.4 | 39 |
| 2071 | 70.449–86 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 70.649.5–86.7 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 70.749.6–87.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 70.849.5–88.2 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 70.849.5–89 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 70.849.7–89.8 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 70.849.8–90.7 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 70.849.9–91.6 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 70.950.2–92.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 70.950.4–93.3 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 70.950.3–94.4 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 70.850.4–95.7 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 7150.6–97.2 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 71.251–99.2 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 71.40–51.3 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 71.551.4–75.2 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 71.62–51.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 71.75.9–51.2 | 41 |
| 2089 | 71.810.9–51.4 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 71.915.6–51.6 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 7218.9–51.8 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 72.120.9–52.1 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 7222.9–52.3 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 72.124.6–52.5 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 72.226.1–52.8 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 72.227.4–52.8 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 72.228.6–52.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 72.329.8–52.6 | 42 |
| 2099 | 72.331–52.8 | 42 |
| 2100 | 72.431.8–52.6 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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